Tom Gerds said pet owners mirror the bell curve of household demographics.
汤姆说宠物主折射出家庭人口统计特征的钟形曲线(译注：正态分布曲线)。
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Tom and Pamela Gerds opened the operation in December 2009, although Pamela Gerds had been practicing as a veterinarian for 16 years in the Twin Cities.
盖尔特夫妇于2009年12月开办了这家医院，此前帕梅拉·盖尔特在双城做了16年的兽医。
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"It's approaching the level you see for human care, compared with the days when you took your (sick) pet to the farm and then you never saw them again, " Gerds said.